Chapter 46

In his room, now that the storm had passed, Kazuhiko stood dazed.

Their lingering scents remained in the air, and more than anything, the sensations on his lips, tongue, hands, and crotch persisted.

—I… I actually did those things…

Kazuhiko had finally suckled on Moeka’s breast. Not only that, but in a fit of desperation, he had actually acted like a pampered child. And he had finally accepted money from Tachibana, who had been watching the whole ordeal.

“I’ve realized it! Up until now, I was trying to give you money for no reason. That wasn’t wholesome. That’s why you wouldn’t accept it, right? But today, I saw something magnificent! So this is the fee—it’s a tip! In fact, it would be a sin not to pay you! This is my sincerity!”

“O-Oh…”

Toyed with—and pampered—by two “Mamas,” Kazuhiko had accepted the money while his ability to make rational judgments was completely compromised. He couldn’t even manage a retort like: “That’s not ‘sincerity’ (sei-i), that’s ‘sexual intent’ (sei-i)! Paying a viewing fee for your classmate’s intimate affairs is the furthest thing from ‘wholesome’!”

It was too late to return it now.

Kazuhiko decided to store it away securely as “money that must never be touched.”

But how did it come to this?

No matter how he looked at it, the starting point was Reika. And Kazuhiko was becoming increasingly easy to lead.

—Was I always this kind of guy? …Wait, Rei-chan’s hypnosis app… it really doesn’t have an effect, right…?

He was supposed to be just pretending to be hypnotized, but what if he actually was? What if he was now unable to defy Reika’s words even without looking at the app screen?

That thought actually crossed his mind.

—This is bad…

He felt it from the bottom of his heart.

And what was truly “bad” was that he was starting to think, Maybe this is okay.

The will to resist was beginning to drain out of Kazuhiko.

As he had thought many times before, from the outside, these three were beautiful girls that anyone would envy. Their inner selves were incredibly eccentric, but humans are creatures of habit.

And, despite everything, the days spent with the four of them were becoming comfortable.

Just as Reika said, Kazuhiko had never truly rejected them, and he certainly couldn’t start now.

He had reached a point where he couldn’t afford to lose his relationship with them.

If he couldn’t lose it, what was left to do?

—The only way was forward.

“The hands of the clock don’t turn back, but they can be moved forward.”

A certain famous Commander once said something like that.

Kazuhiko, no! That’s the kind of person you shouldn’t listen to!

But there was no one to stop him; everyone around Kazuhiko was proactively pushing him forward. And once Kazuhiko successfully became dependent on them, they would likely all say “Congratulations” and bless him.

But from this point on, Kazuhiko could no longer retreat.

If he did, there was no telling what those three might do.

After all, they had the brains to manipulate things to their convenience and the financial power to keep Kazuhiko in “domesticated” captivity.

—Sigh… what does Rei-chan even want to do with me…?

The answer was already decided.

Everyone holding hands, getting along, and having a “hustle-hustle” good time.

Thinking that, Kazuhiko began to feel more anticipation than fear.

—Do I… finally have to make up my mind…?

Ever since he first saw Reika’s hypnosis app, how many times had he “made up his mind” already?

Life is a series of resolutions!

It would have been cool if he could say that, but his were all forced upon him.

However, even if they were forced, the fact that he was making these resolutions proactively rather than just being swept along was likely why he managed to remain the “protagonist.”

But what exactly was he resolving himself for?

To marry all three of them?

But even though Reika was pushing for a deeper relationship between him, Moeka, and Tachibana, she had publicly declared he was hers. That meant she probably wasn’t planning on him marrying the other two.

In the first place, this wasn’t a country that allowed polygamy.

Unless… they change the laws or something…

—They wouldn’t go that far… right?

The terrifying thing about those three was that you couldn’t say “absolutely not” for certain.

—W-Well, whatever happens, I’ll start by dealing with the three of them sincerely.

That was the best resolution Kazuhiko could manage right now.

Sincerely accepting Reika’s invitations, sincerely playing along with Moeka’s “Mama” roleplay, and sincerely accepting tips from Tachibana.

—Wait, what does “sincerely” even mean anymore?

If your fetishes are different, perhaps “sincerity” is different too.

Let’s just go with that.

—Sigh… will a time of true peace ever come for me…? No, I suppose if I just depend on Rei-chan and Moeka Mama…

The fact that he was already thinking that meant Kazuhiko was in the terminal stages.

One can only hope he doesn’t end up on a “Nice Boat.”

The relationship between the four of them had advanced one step further.